TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nugent,Neill
TI  - The government and politics of the European Union
T2  - The European Union Series
SN  - 9780230241183
U1  - 341.2 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave MacMillan
KW  - European Union
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1. The historical evolution -- 
1. The Post-War Transformation of Western Europe -- 
2. The Creation of the European Community -- 
3. The Deepening of the Integration Process -- 
4. The Widening of the Integration Process -- 
Pt. 2. The evolving treaty framework -- 
5. From Rome to Nice -- 
6. The Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties -- 
7. Treaties and the Integration Process -- 
Pt. 3. The institutions and political actors of the European Union -- 
8. The Commission -- 
9. The Council of the European Union -- 
10. The European Council -- 
11. The European Parliament -- 
12. European Union Law and the EU's Courts -- 
13. Other Institutions -- 
14. Interests -- 
15. The Member States -- 
Pt. 4. Policies and policy processes of the European Union -- 
16 . Understanding EU Policies -- 
17. Policy Processes -- 
18. Making and Applying EU Legislation -- 
19. Internal Policies -- 
20. Agricultural Policy and Policy Processes -- 
21. External Relations -- 
22. The Budget --
Pt. 5. Stepping back and looking forward -- 
23. Conceptualising the European Union -- 
24. Theorising European Integration and EU Politics
N2  - This is a systematically updated and entirely redesigned new edition of the leading text on the European Union providing up-to-date, detailed and authoritative coverage of the main institutions, policies and policy processes all set in historical context.  The seventh edition is fully updated to take account of the Lisbon Treaty and is packed with new pedagogical features, maps, charts and textboxes in a new larger two-colour and accompanied by an all-new companion website featuring update material, test questions, information on member states and PowerPoint slides for lecturers
ER  -